Ina Garten Cookbooks, Ranked by Someone Who Made Every Recipe

Updated September 2026 After spending more than six years cooking every one of Ina Garten’s 1,300-plus recipes, I thought ranking her 13 cookbooks would be the easy part, but, of course, I was wrong. Initially, I planned to rank the books by simply averaging my recipe ratings from each one. But I quickly realized the numbers only tell part of the story. Memories, nostalgia, a book’s structure and theme, and those little things you can’t quite put your finger on all influence why you reach for one cookbook more than another. I’ve found that people’s favorite is often one of the first Ina cookbooks they bought, which makes perfect sense. Those usually contain the recipes that first hooked you, became part of your regular repertoire, or found their way onto holiday tables shared with family and friends. Ranking the books proved challenging because, with so many excellent recipes in each one, we’re really splitting hairs. My average ratings range from 4.28 to 4.66 stars, and 55 percent of…